Zöe Franklin MP: written questions
4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026
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Written questions
Contact Orders: ChildrenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7861More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact on parents of requiring a revised court order before the Child Maintenance Service can recognise changes to shared care arrangements that are already
Answer: The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) does not require a court order in all cases. The job of the CMS is to determine what contact is actually taking place and ensure that is reflected in the maintenance calculation. Where shared care arrangements are dispu...
Answered 17 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordContact Orders: ChildrenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7860More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the accessibility and affordability of requiring parents to seek repeated court orders for the Child Maintenance Service to recognise changes to child contact arrangement
Answer: The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) does not require a court order in all cases. The job of the CMS is to determine what contact is actually taking place and ensure that is reflected in the maintenance calculation. Where shared care arrangements are dispu...
Answered 17 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordState Retirement Pensions: AgeDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5845More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of reducing the state pension age to 60 for women and 65 for men.
Answer: The pace of State Pension age increases was hugely, and unfairly, accelerated by the Liberal Democrat and Conservative Coalition Government. The Government is required to regularly review State Pension age under the Pensions Act 2014. The Government’s thi...
Answered 9 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordLocal Housing Allowance: Older PeopleDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Apr 2026Awaiting answerUIN 129733More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the freeze on Local Housing Allowance on levels of poverty among older private renters.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordChildren: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 19 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106812More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in what circumstances the Child Maintenance Service ceases to pursue historic child maintenance arrears.
Answer: The Child Maintenance’s priority is to collect money owed to children who will benefit today, thereby preventing the build-up of arrears on the CMS. The Child Maintenance Service has powers to write off historic Child Support Agency (CSA) and Child Mainte...
Answered 27 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordChildren: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 19 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106811More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of enforcement correspondence issued by the Child Maintenance Service in cases involving very small arrears, including where that correspondence refers to bai
Answer: The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) missed payment and arrears notifications do reference potential enforcement action that can be considered, should a paying parent continue to miss or avoid making child maintenance payments. This is to ensure the paying...
Answered 28 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordChildren: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 19 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106810More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that Child Maintenance Service enforcement action is proportionate in cases involving (a) small and (b) short-term arrears.
Answer: In cases where arrears are outstanding, the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) proactively seek to negotiate with the paying parent a feasible and affordable repayment plan, taking into account the individual circumstances of each case. For small arrears pay...
Answered 22 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordChildren: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 19 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106809More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to prevent enforcement correspondence being issued by the Child Maintenance Service where maintenance has been paid early but outside the Service’s payment window.
Answer: Correspondence issued by the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) referencing enforcement action as being considered should only be issued if a customer has missed payments due and has fallen into arrears. CMS is currently reviewing its processes to ensure tha...
Answered 3 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordApprentices: VisasDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 7 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104052More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what impact assessment his Department has made on the effect of current apprenticeship visa duration requirements on (a) young migrants educated in the UK, (b) individuals on private or family life rout
Answer: The apprenticeship funding rules are reviewed each year. They are applied to all apprentices and potential apprentices consistently. The Department does not hold the data requested.
Answered 14 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordApprentices: MigrantsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 7 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104051More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the apprenticeship funding rules have been reviewed to reflect the operation of section 3C leave under the Immigration Act 1971, which ensures lawful and uninterrupted permission to work for ind
Answer: The apprenticeship funding rules are reviewed each year. Currently providers are not permitted to start learners on apprenticeships if they are unable to complete the apprenticeship within the time available. For example, because their visa will expire, o...
Answered 14 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: Terminal IllnessesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100663More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that people with a serious or terminal diagnosis are not required to repay benefit overpayments that arose due to official error, particularly in cases in w
Answer: All DWP colleagues are trained to support our most vulnerable customers and have access to a wide range of guidance to support them. DWP will always strive to set affordable and sustainable repayment plans and encourages customers to make contact if they ...
Answered 23 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordAccess to Work Programme: Mental IllnessDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 5 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97709More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to support private-sector employers implement reasonable adjustments recommended through Access to Work for staff with mental health conditions.
Answer: Access to Work supports workplace adjustments that go beyond what would normally be expected from an employer through their duty to provide reasonable adjustments as outlined in the Equality Act 2010, including for mental health conditions. As set out in ...
Answered 12 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordAccess to Work Programme: Mental IllnessDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 5 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97708More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that reasonable adjustments for people with mental health conditions recommended through Access to Work are delivered in a timely manner; and what steps he is taking to
Answer: Access to Work supports workplace adjustments that go beyond what would normally be expected from an employer through their duty to provide reasonable adjustments as outlined in the Equality Act 2010, including for mental health conditions. As set out in ...
Answered 12 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordAccess to Work Programme: Mental IllnessDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 5 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97707More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people with mental health conditions receive reasonable adjustments under Access to Work on an equal basis with those whose disabilities arise from phy
Answer: Access to Work supports workplace adjustments that go beyond what would normally be expected from an employer through their duty to provide reasonable adjustments as outlined in the Equality Act 2010, including for mental health conditions. As set out in ...
Answered 12 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96063More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what measures are in place to prevent delays to child maintenance proceedings arising from the non-submission of required documents by a paying parent; and how the Department ensures that such delays do
Answer: Under the Child Support Information Regulations 2008, paying parents have a duty to provide the Department with any evidence or information needed for the i) determination of an application ; ii) making of a decision; or iii) collection and enforcement of...
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96062More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Department is taking to ensure that the Child Maintenance Service has effective mechanisms to prevent high earners from reducing their maintenance liabilities through the diversion of inc
Answer: The paying parent's (PP) gross income, after occupational or personal pension scheme contributions are deducted, is taken directly from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) for the latest tax year available. This is because either pension contributions themselve...
Answered 11 Dec 2025
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